Third-party smartphone AP vendors to face growing hardship in 2018

With smartphone brands including Apple, Samsung Electronics and Huawei already moving to advanced 5nm and 7nm processes for their in-house developed application processors (APs), third-party AP suppliers such as Qualcomm, MediaTek and Spreadtrum Communications are expected to face stagnant demand for their products in 2018, according to industry sources.

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